Here in Chico, the tea party ran an expensive campaign to shift local elections to June, when students would be gone. The special election was expensive, although great lip service was spent on reducing the local budget deficit. The tea party lost badly and is responding aggressively.
In California, the right wing got a redistricting proposition passed, giving responsibility to its citizens commission. According to their initial proposal, it looks like the Democrats would pick up four congressional seats. Of course, in the legislature, the Republicans are blackmailing Democrats, who fall just short of the super majority required to pass a budget, with demands to create spending limits and to trash pensions. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 530 898 5321 fax 530 898 5901 http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
